throttle?! why?

[demontooth]

Why do you all use data like that? That movie can wait. I would slow you to. Do not be data hugs.

I have unlimited.

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[mdk32014]

Yes but that does not mean to go crazy with it. If you are traveling a lot that is different but if you are in an office with wifi available why not use it. It is a mobile network. they are going to take it away if people keep using it like this.

 

[demontooth]

Yes but that does not mean to go crazy with it. If you are traveling a lot that is different but if you are in an office with wifi available why not use it. It is a mobile network. they are going to take it away if people keep using it like this.

I don't have Wi-Fi available in my office. If they want to throttle me they could at least give me the number I need to stay under. This month they throttled me and support lied to me until I confronted them about it.

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[Almeuit]

Why do you all use data like that? That movie can wait. I would slow you to. Do not be data hugs.

Then the company shouldn't sell unlimited data. If we paid for each GB and used 20 GB you'd be okay with that but since we have unlimited it's all of a sudden being a hog? How does paying for each GB make any difference on how it's used other than to make the company more profit?

 

[Almeuit]

I don't have Wi-Fi available in my office. If they want to throttle me they could at least give me the number I need to stay under. This month they throttled me and support lied to me until I confronted them about it.

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I'm in the same boat. I mean we have wifi at work but it can barley handle Web browsing and you DC a bunch.

I have no issue using wifi.. I use mine at home.. My work wifi though is unusable.

 

[raino]

Yes but that does not mean to go crazy with it. If you are traveling a lot that is different but if you are in an office with wifi available why not use it. It is a mobile network. they are going to take it away if people keep using it like this.

Do you know that this seems to be happening around the 17-20GB mark? And TMO actually has a 21GB data tier. So they are throttling people with unlimited below the limit for the highest limited-tiered plan.

Oh...BTW, they don't have a data limit in the ToS the defenders are (incorrectly, IMO) pointing to, it's a percentage based on "recent historical average." So on an unlimited plan, they could throttle you at 10GB if they wanted to, and call it "data optimization."

 

[Almeuit]

Do you know that this seems to be happening around the 17-20GB mark? And TMO actually has a 21GB data tier. So they are throttling people with unlimited below the limit for the highest limited-tiered plan.

Oh...BTW, they don't have a data limit in the ToS the defenders are (incorrectly, IMO) pointing to, it's a percentage based on "recent historical average." So on an unlimited plan, they could throttle you at 10GB if they wanted to, and call it "data optimization."

True but according to the CEO he states they shouldn't be.. Now if they're being shady that's another thing. Carriers are carriers and known to do shady things so they could be doing that.

 

[Almeuit]

Yes but that does not mean to go crazy with it. If you are traveling a lot that is different but if you are in an office with wifi available why not use it. It is a mobile network. they are going to take it away if people keep using it like this.

If it doesn't mean go crazy with it (such as watching a movie) why do they advertise using it this way? Sorry what you're saying goes against the reason they brag about having unlimited versus the others.

We shouldn't be punished for using unlimited when they sell us unlimited. It isn't like we are some how bypassing data usage.. They sell it and advertise it that way. If they don't want that anymore they should change to limits like AT&T / Verizon.

 

[raino]

If it doesn't mean go crazy with it (such as watching a movie) why do they advertise using it this way? Sorry what you're saying goes against the reason they brag about having unlimited versus the others.

Didn't they just bundle Galaxy S6es with a year of free Netflix? Lol

 

[Almeuit]

Didn't they just bundle Galaxy S6es with a year of free Netflix? Lol

Yep and advertised "Ensure to have T-Mobile's unlimited data so you can stream all episodes of House of Cards" (since they were showing that show with the promo) .

 

[mdk32014]

That is true but over 50 gigs is a bit much.

 

[mdk32014]

20 gigs makes since if you travel alot.

 

[Almeuit]

That is true but over 50 gigs is a bit much.

How is it a bit much? They sell unlimited so using 1 GB or 100 GB falls into what they sell / advertise. As I said my work doesn't have good wifi so I have to use mobile to stream.. And I watch a lot of media especially on lunch.

Would you mind elaborating on why you think we should limit our usage when they sell an unlimited? Whereas a user who pays for 20 or 50 GB is allowed to use it and not considered abusing it?

 

[Wayne Sanders]

I know it's on WiFi, but still, i can use this much easily, every month.

If I had unlimited data, and didn't have wifi, and they throttled me, i would be furious.

 

[IAmSixNine]

To those that say they are being throttled. your certain its throttling and not a tower issue?
Where i live the tower has a problem. I get similar DL speeds and my UL speeds are 8-10 megs.
I also know its a tower issue, i can go half mile in any direction and i get 20-50 megs down.

So have you confirmed its throttling and not just network congestion?

 

[anon(5719825)]

That is true but over 50 gigs is a bit much.

I am at 30 Gigs this month alone just on my iPhone. I have three phones on a shared unlimited everything plan and I have never been throttled. I have even used 75GB in one month tethering to my computer when my DSL modem broke and they never complained or throttled me.

Between all three of my phones, I am at 51GB.

I am another one who believed that since I am paying for unlimited, I will use my phone for the normal everyday things I am using it for and if that means I use 50+GB per month, then I will. T-Mobile hasn't ever throttled so apparently, they don't care. I don't stream movies but I do stream music and visit graphic heavy sites many many times per day.

I wonder if some people just have poor connections in one place and they think they are being throttled. I can drive one mile from here and not be able to get data on my iPhone 6+ but then be able to load that same site on my Note 4 without moving to another area.

 

[Shilohcane]

T-Mobile should NOT sell a plan called "unlimited". They should have something like "Big Bucket" plan that only throttles you when they see that users are starting to impact their network with congestion. I pay about $52 a month of my $110 cable TV bill just for a high speed broadband internet connection via Comcast. I would love to get rid of Comcast. If everyone dropped their home internet and got a T-Mobile Unlimited data plan then it would shut down T-Mobile. Wireless networks don't have the bandwidth to replace demanding home internet networks. I tossed my home land line phone and I would be upset if T-Mobile became so congested due to people that are trying to use their internet as a TV cable services for things like downloading 4K movies from Netflix to hard drives.

I know people that are cord cutters for cable TV and using their phones for internet TV that connects to their big screen smart TV. This is a nightmare in the making as more people become cord cutters and put more stress on wireless carriers designed for personal communication not for broadband TV.

 

[Almeuit]

T-Mobile should sell a plan called "unlimited". They should have something like Big Bucket plan that only throttles you when they see that users are starting to impact their network with congestion. I pay about $52 a month for a high speed home internet connection via Comcast that I would love to get rid of that cost. If everyone dropped their home internet and got a T-Mobile Unlimited data plan then it would shut down T-Mobile. Wireless networks don't have the bandwidth to replace demanding home internet networks. I tossed my home land line phone and I would be upset if T-Mobile became so congested due to people that are trying to use their internet as a TV cable services downloading 4K movies from Netflix.

Very true but that is why you're supposed to only have 5 GB of tether -- Not unlimited tether for your home devices. Sure some bypass this but .. that means they're bypassing the rules on how it is supposed to be. Unlimited is meant for you phone.

I pay for Comcast as well .. because I only get 5 GB of tether and I play games on my PC so .. I need internet.

 

[mdk32014]

That must be some website. But anyway I guess everybody's needs are different but that still seems a bit high. I always stay and be nice to invite but don't watch movies or anything on my phone but once I start I even wanted to YouTube videos it starts going up. Verizon will charge you almost $500 a month for that same usage. Lol they are out of their freaking mind

 

[raino]

To those that say they are being throttled. your certain its throttling and not a tower issue?

There are reports and screenshots on the internet (including here in this thread, on page 1) of people getting 0.02-0.5 mbps. That's definitely throttled down speed. 8-10 is still appreciable.